Below Freezing last night. Now truck won't start.

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air_forced
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03 Nissan Frontier. VG33ER.

Fired up first time at about 11 last night and I pulled it out onto the street. We got about 5 inches of snow and was below 0 last night, now in the single digits.

Truck turns over but won't start. I'm not home and don't have access to a multimeter. All the fuses/relays look good. Would not start when I sprayed starting fluid into the intake. So I'm assuming no spark. Need this started so I can make the 8 hour drive home for work on monday. Any ideas?


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Have you tested for spark since this last post? I wonder if water got inside a connector, froze and might be wreaking havoc. Just a guess.

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I ended up unbolting the intake and spraying starter fluid directly into the throttle body at WOT while jump starting the car. Started right up and no problem since. I have no idea what was wrong with it. Cold made battery charge to low and then I flooded the engine with all the starting attempts?

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my guess is the batt didn't have quite enough CCAs... how old is it?

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No idea. That's my best guess too. Replacing it with a gel battery (Optima) next paycheck. They don't have that problem.

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correct... but optimas are also crap since they moved the production to mexico... my personal opinion find another AGM company like odyssey

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Thanks for the advice.

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PEZi wrote:correct... but optimas are also crap since they moved the production to mexico... my personal opinion find another AGM company like odyssey
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